Vertical Tabs | Collapsed & Expand On-Hover

OsoPolar

How does one setup up this feature?
I am no javascript or css guru but really miss this functionality very weird its not an option.
Please provide a link or guide i can read to set this up if you have time

OsoPolar

@dude99 hi i am desperately looking for this functionality having just come from Edge and Brave which has this baked in.

As a semi noob what is the best CSS to achieve this i am using stacked tabs with bar on left i use workspaces as well.

I have added a custom folder just for css or do i need a javascript entry ?

I have added the code here

I have also enabled all experimental css but nothing works what am i doing wrong ?

/home/dale/repos/dotfiles/vivaldi-custom-css/custom.css

AC0xRPFS001

@rexxDZN said in Collapsing vertical tabs that expand on-hover (with and without floating tabs):

i have tried using this mod however it seems to be broken. it doesn't work with the tabs set to the right. And the workspace panel seems to extend way past the rest when not hovered. also the pages seems to be under the tabs and panel now which means i can't click on anything that is beneath...

The mod seems not working now. I recreate it with the animation style i prefer. Instead of op's expand-everything, it expand only the tabbar currently hovering.
Preview:

This is the css code (i guess it'll work when tabbar is on the right, but not tested)

#tabs-container.left, #tabs-subcontainer.left,
#tabs-container.right, #tabs-subcontainer.right {
  min-width: 32px;
  transition: min-width 300ms ease-out !important;
}

#tabs-container.left:hover, #tabs-subcontainer.left:hover,
#tabs-container.right:hover, #tabs-subcontainer.right:hover {
  min-width: 150px !important;
}

.tabbar-workspace-button {
  width: 100% !important;
}

#tabs-tabbar-container.left, #tabs-tabbar-container.right {
  width: auto !important;
  min-width: 32px;
}

.button-toolbar.newtab {
  left: 0px !important;
  width: 150px;
}

If you want the expanded tabbar floating on the website instead of squeezing it, just add the following css to the css above:

/** Make the expanded tabbar float on the webpage. Use with tab-expansion mod. **/
#main > .inner > div:has(#tabs-tabbar-container:is(.left, .right)) {
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 2;
  opacity: 1;
  background-color: var(--colorBg);
  height: 100% !important;
}

#browser.transparent-tabbar .inner > div:has(#tabs-tabbar-container:is(.left, .right)) {
  background-color: var(--colorImageFgHeaviest);
}

.inner #webpage-stack {
  margin-left: 32px;
}

.inner:has(#tabs-subcontainer:is(.left, .right)) #webpage-stack {
  margin-left: 64px;
}

A flaw is that hovering the workspace button in tabbar won't trigger animation. Didn't come up a solution for this. I removed that button so it does not affect me though.

rexxDZN

@AC0xRPFS001 i have it set on the left side, and tried the right one as well, but the css for me doesn't do anything. it seems. the first one alone doesn't and if the other one is added as well. i am aware that it doesn't work on hover, how do u get it to expand. i have no other css installed.

dude99

@OsoPolar Sorry, I can't help you with your problem. Cuz i don't have access to the latest stable version since v5.7, thus I don't know most of the changes in codes and behavior since then...

You will have better luck by follow other active members' instruction on setting up Vivaldi custom CSS support feature. https://forum.vivaldi.net/post/720152

rexxDZN

Hi so i have tried this recent modification from another user @AC0XRPFS001
that allows me to expand the workspace bar as needed. see the gif

However for me it doesn't seem to do anything, i have placed it under the correct folder yes. i was on version Vivaldi 6.5 (3206.39) and updated to the Vivaldi 6.5 (3206.42) and it still doesn't work.

here is the css

#tabs-container.left, #tabs-subcontainer.left,
#tabs-container.right, #tabs-subcontainer.right {
  min-width: 32px;
  transition: min-width 300ms ease-out !important;
}

#tabs-container.left:hover, #tabs-subcontainer.left:hover,
#tabs-container.right:hover, #tabs-subcontainer.right:hover {
  min-width: 150px !important;
}

.tabbar-workspace-button {
  width: 100% !important;
}

#tabs-tabbar-container.left, #tabs-tabbar-container.right {
  width: auto !important;
  min-width: 32px;
}

.button-toolbar.newtab {
  left: 0px !important;
  width: 150px;
}

here is how my browser looks like if that is the problem
and i have no other css modifications applied.

AC0xRPFS001

@rexxDZN said in Collapsing vertical tabs that expand on-hover (with and without floating tabs):

@AC0xRPFS001 i have it set on the left side, and tried the right one as well, but the css for me doesn't do anything. it seems. the first one alone doesn't and if the other one is added as well. i am aware that it doesn't work on hover, how do u get it to expand. i have no other css installed.

I remove all my css/js mods and it still work as expected. Can you check if the css is install correctly? If it is, the filename would appear in vivaldi://vivaldi-data/css-mods/css, and the content is at vivaldi://vivaldi-data/css-mods/filename-of-cssmod.css.

Since vivaldi is using html/css, i dont think its because of the difference between windows vivaldi and macos vivaldi. I've checked if some settings on tab would fail the mod (not found yet though).

To me, the tabbar expands as i'm hovering it. However i notice some "unintended features" (bug?) like the tabbar's space still occupying the place when watching a video in fullscreen. Might try to solve that if i have time (and if it can be done with pure css).

OsoPolar

@AC0xRPFS001 not sure if it helps you see my shory video
I tried to embed but keep getting told t enough privilege

https://xbackbone.osopolar.cloud/VIDE3/dAbOLITo66.mp4

rexxDZN

@OsoPolar what is your os and vivaldi version?

OsoPolar

@rexxDZN Linux

6.5.3206.42 (Stable channel) stable (64-bit)

rexxDZN

@AC0xRPFS001 I have looked both up and they do still show that they are imported. are in the correct folder. however the second method "vivaldi://vivaldi-data/css-mods/filename-of-cssmod.css" it just gives me an error that it can't reach that website but this shouldn't be the problem since it does just show in css-mods/css.

for me the css deadass not even doing anything to the tabs. u might wanna take a look into my settings and compare them to yours.

AC0xRPFS001

@OsoPolar said in Collapsing vertical tabs that expand on-hover (with and without floating tabs):

@AC0xRPFS001 not sure if it helps you see my shory video
I tried to embed but keep getting told t enough privilege

https://xbackbone.osopolar.cloud/VIDE3/dAbOLITo66.mp4

This looks perfectly what it should be, except the line appeared after you click the new tab. Is that your other mod or some vivaldi setting? Since I have no idea of what that is.

@rexxDZN said in Collapsing vertical tabs that expand on-hover (with and without floating tabs):

@AC0xRPFS001 I have looked both up and they do still show that they are imported. are in the correct folder. however the second method "vivaldi://vivaldi-data/css-mods/filename-of-cssmod.css" it just gives me an error that it can't reach that website but this shouldn't be the problem since it does just show in css-mods/css.

It should be like this. I call the file tab-expand.css, so in vivaldi://vivaldi-data/css-mods/css, it will have a line @import url('tab-expand.css');. And when I visit vivaldi://vivaldi-data/css-mods/tab-expand.css it shows the codes of the mod.

for me the css deadass not even doing anything to the tabs. u might wanna take a look into my settings and compare them to yours.

Our settings look almost identical. To test it more precisely, I download a brand new vivaldi in windows enviroment and change the settings to which you send. I also named the css folder identical to yours. Unfortunately everything works as expected, making me have no idea what happened.

Preview:

So even in a clean environment (and probably the one closer to yours) I still cannot reproduce your problem. Perhaps we need someone who is more familiar with (debugging) css mod to help (or ask vivaldi team to make this feature built-in. This should be a built-in feature methinks).

If possible, can you use inspector and see if the styles are applying to the elements properly?

If not, can you use console to find who is selected by the seletor, and/or copy the full selector of your tab-container.

Pathduck

@rexxDZN List the content of the vivaldi://vivaldi-data/css-mods/css. It's just text, copy and paste, then use a code block (</> icon)

Do you have spaces in your CSS file names? You can't have spaces, it won't work (don't know why)...

And guys please try to avoid posting all these gigantic screenshots, resize before you post or just post the relevant parts. Capture a part of the page.
It makes the forum harder to read.

AC0xRPFS001

@Pathduck said in Collapsing vertical tabs that expand on-hover (with and without floating tabs):

Do you have spaces in your CSS file names? You can't have spaces, it won't work (don't know why)...

Oh, i once though space in the css folder might be the reason (but its not). Not think about space in css filename.

And guys please try to avoid posting all these gigantic screenshots, resize before you post or just post the relevant parts. Capture a part of the page.
It makes the forum harder to read.

Aight, i'll remember to do it next time.

OsoPolar

@AC0xRPFS001 I have no other mods this is the only one a simple file called custom.css

I have no javascript entry in my window.html

#tabs-container.left, #tabs-subcontainer.left,
#tabs-container.right, #tabs-subcontainer.right {
  min-width: 32px;
  transition: min-width 300ms ease-out !important;
}

#tabs-container.left:hover, #tabs-subcontainer.left:hover,
#tabs-container.right:hover, #tabs-subcontainer.right:hover {
  min-width: 150px !important;
}

.tabbar-workspace-button {
  width: 100% !important;
}

#tabs-tabbar-container.left, #tabs-tabbar-container.right {
  width: auto !important;
  min-width: 32px;
}

.button-toolbar.newtab {
  left: 0px !important;
  width: 150px;
}

/** Make the expanded tabbar float on the webpage. Use with tab-expansion mod. **/
#main > .inner > div:has(#tabs-tabbar-container:is(.left, .right)) {
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 2;
  opacity: 1;
  background-color: var(--colorBg);
  height: 100% !important;
}

#browser.transparent-tabbar .inner > div:has(#tabs-tabbar-container:is(.left, .right)) {
  background-color: var(--colorImageFgHeaviest);
}

.inner #webpage-stack {
  margin-left: 32px;
}

.inner:has(#tabs-subcontainer:is(.left, .right)) #webpage-stack {
  margin-left: 64px;
}

AC0xRPFS001

@OsoPolar said in Collapsing vertical tabs that expand on-hover (with and without floating tabs):

@AC0xRPFS001 I have no other mods this is the only one a simple file called custom.css

Is that horizon line between new tab and current tab something you already have before adding this mod?

In your video, the tabbar expansion is working well. However, I don't understand the horizontal line that appears after adding a new tab in the video you sent.

The css code doesn't seem to add any UI to the browser, and it doesn't show anything that appears transparent. If this line is something that appeared after installing the mod, could you use the inspector to check the element and the css selector of that line? I want to confirm if its style is being overridden by my mod.

If the appearance of the line is intentional and I overlooked the issue you intended to highlight in your video, please let me know.

OsoPolar

@AC0xRPFS001 Do you mean this line under OpenGammon?

If so this indicates Pinned Tabs above it and ordinary unpinned below i think this is a normal Vivaldi css

OsoPolar

@AC0xRPFS001

rexxDZN

@Pathduck hey sorry for that, i tried to only leave the useful portion of the settings but it already was huge. eitherway u are right. i had spaces in the name which was the problem...

AC0xRPFS001

@OsoPolar said in Collapsing vertical tabs that expand on-hover (with and without floating tabs):

@AC0xRPFS001 Do you mean this line under OpenGammon?

If so this indicates Pinned Tabs above it and ordinary unpinned below i think this is a normal Vivaldi css

Oh yeah, then I think the mod is working properly. I thought there was an issue with my mod on your end. I guess I was overthinking?

Since I have no pinned tabs I didn't saw that in my browser.

Vertical Tabs | Collapsed & Expand On-Hover

Sorry, I'm currently hiatus from updating any of my CSS mod until further notice...